"syntax on" does not seem to be supported in the Cygwin version of vim. When I include this in my .vimrc file, I get the following error:
$ vi -u .vimrc .vimrc Error detected while processing /home/gstrycker/.vimrc: line 11: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on Press ENTER or type command to continue Also, I tried to make a /usr/share/vim/vimrc file, but it does not seem to be loading automatically. Do I need to add something to my path, or an environment variable (e.g. "vimpath"?) or something? Note that there is a similar thread to these questions here: http://superuser.com/questions/505761/how-to-get-vim-color-mode-to-work-in-vim-under-cygwin -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple